Those who have ambition will succeed, and they will burn their boats and end up with the Qin Pass. They will eventually belong to Chu. They will work hard to live up to the firewood and taste gall. They can swallow Wu.
From 1989 to 2002, the international situation was turbulent, the two polar patterns disintegrated, and the world entered a period of alternating new and old patterns.
Faced with the complex environment, Comrade Jiang made far-sighted arrangements for my country's development through the regularity and long-term judgment of the international situation trend.
says, "I don't know the true face of Mount Lu because I am in this mountain." Looking back now, behind the incomprehension and concession back then, there is actually the wisdom and determination to keep a low profile.
Looking back at these three major events in history, we may owe Comrade Jiang an apology.
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Among the many diplomatic relations, Sino-US relations is particularly touching. Because at that time, we were working hard to build a modern China, we needed not only a stable and peaceful domestic and international environment, but also urgently needed to absorb advanced science and technology to enhance our strength. The understanding and cooperation of the United States is crucial to us.
On October 26, 1997, Comrade Jiang held an eight-day state visit to the United States.
Just the day before his visit to the United States, he announced that China agreed to sign the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, one of the two most important human rights conventions of the United Nations.
htmlOn October 29, the White House in the United States, 21 cannons rang in unison, and Comrade Jiang held talks with Clinton . Clinton said: "Your reform has lifted millions of people out of poverty... The Chinese people are now living better than at any time in history."Regarding Comrade Jiang's move to lay a wreath at Pearl Harbor , Clinton praised: "We two great countries must join hands again."
Comrade Jiang concluded: "The common interests between China and the United States are not decreasing, but increasing; the potential for cooperation is not shrinking, but expanding."
What is little known is that before the formal conversation, the two actually had a "private conversation". That night, Clinton showed Comrade Jiang the famous Gettysburg speech written by Lincoln . One of them reads: "87 years ago, our ancestors founded a new country on this continent. It was nurtured in freedom and adhered to the principle that all people are born equal..."
Comrade Jiang was very happy with these familiar contents, so he read aloud in English.
Later some people commented that his enthusiasm for this precious document resonated with the leaders of the two countries and promoted their most in-depth and candid discussion.
More than a year later, Clinton recalled that impressive night in his autobiography: "We did not resolve the differences between us, but our mutual understanding has been enhanced. After Comrade Jiang returned to the Blair Hotel, I went to bed, thinking that China would be forced to become more open under the imperative promotion of modern society. In the new century, our two countries are more likely to become partners rather than opponents."
It is worth mentioning that in the eight days of visiting the United States, Comrade Jiang communicated with people from all walks of life in the United States through various forms such as speeches, interviews and press conferences, deepening their understanding of China.
He delivered speeches to the American public in Washington , New York, Harvard and Los Angeles, elaborating on China's policies and prospects for reform and opening up and modernization, and promoting subsequent win-win cooperation between the two countries.
Finally, the Sino-US Joint Statement signed by the two sides pointed out that in order to promote the noble cause of world peace and development, China and the United States should strengthen cooperation and strive to establish a constructive strategic partnership for the 21st century. The two sides agreed to establish a system of regular meeting between the two heads of state, and also signed some economic and trade cooperation agreements.
It is obvious that this visit has promoted the improvement and development of Sino-US relations, which is conducive to promoting world peace, stability and prosperity.
From a deeper perspective, Sino-US exchanges have brought direct benefits to China's reform and opening up and modernization, including market, investment and corporate management experience.
What is little known is that in the eyes of many Chinese people, most of the foreign investment obtained by China is Chinese capital, but they do not know that the United States is the largest investor in China. The technology, talent, information and management experience brought by Americans has greatly stimulated China's economic growth, and the entry of American companies has also objectively stimulated the progress of China's national industry.
As for the example around us, although foreign smartphones once led the Chinese market in recent years, with the rise of domestic mobile phones, the Chinese people's trust in national brands is increasing day by day, and many people prefer to support domestic mobile phones.
did not look at the sky from a well. In the face of the gap, we chose to face difficulties, and thus developed our true skills.
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The real test happened on May 7, 1999.
1999 midnight on May 7, 2019 (Author’s note: 5:45 am Beijing time on the 8th), NATO , led by the United States, dropped five missiles at the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, causing 63 deaths from Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Yunhuan, Guangming Daily reporter Xu Xinghu and Zhu Ying and 63 injuries. The news of was sent back to China, and the whole country was shocked and the crowd was excited.
On the afternoon of May 8, in front of the US Embassy in China, Chinese college students raised their arms and shouted to protest the atrocities led by the United States in NATO bombing the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. After the tragedy of
After the outbreak of , my country quickly responded and put forward four requirements to NATO led by the United States:
(I) Publicly and formally apologize to the Chinese government, the Chinese people and the families of Chinese victims;
(II) A comprehensive and thorough investigation into the incident of NATO missile attack on the Chinese Embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
(III) Quickly announce the detailed results of the investigation;
(IV) Severely punish the perpetrators.
Under pressure from international public opinion and negotiations from our government, the US government finally made a public and formal apology and compensated. However, as for the reason for the tragedy, they always insisted on the statement of "misunderstanding" and never came up with a convincing explanation.
The Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia ignited the anger of the Chinese people. Comrade Jiang’s speech on this matter was even more shocking. The author summarized the key sentences:
From the perspective of the international background, NATO, led by the United States, attacked the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, is by no means accidental, and must not be naive.
First, the protests of students and masses across the country and the martyrs who died were filled with righteous indignation and the crowd was excited. The patriotic actions of the majority of students and the masses should be fully affirmed and supported.
Second, at such a moment, we must pay great attention to maintaining social stability, and all reforms and construction work of must continue to be carried out in an orderly manner.
Third, Comrade Deng Xiaoping warned us to observe calmly and deal with it calmly. This idea is very important. Comrade Deng Xiaoping comprehensively examined the comparison of international forces at this stage, comprehensively considered the requirements of our central task of speeding up the time to complete the modernization construction, and comprehensively estimated the need to eventually gain greater initiative in international struggle by concentrating efforts on developing productivity and enhancing comprehensive national strength.
Therefore, the whole party and the whole country must work hard and slept with firewood and taste gall. We must improve our country's social productivity, comprehensive national strength and international competitiveness. This is our fundamental task. If our country develops, prospers and becomes stronger, we can win greater initiative in international struggles and be invincible.
Faced with such humiliation, many people at that time did not understand Comrade Jiang's choice of "concession", but now I borrowed a sentence from the famous Chinese diplomat Gu Weijun to explain this problem: "A person can be better off being broken than being a complete one, but the country is different, and the country will be broken and finished."
Comrade Jiang's words still impressed me. He said: "In this world, we must still compete for strength in the end.We must fight for this tone if we want to sleep on firewood and taste gall! ”
blindly works with all his passion, without considering the consequences. If he comes from the perspective of the country and the nation, the impact will be immeasurable.
As an intellectual born in the war era, Comrade Jiang understands the meaning of a prosperous country and a strong people, and also understands the responsibilities and missions on his shoulders.
What is little known is that after the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia was bombed, Comrade Jiang did not answer Clinton's call at the first time.
Clinton later said in his memoir "My Life": "I was surprised and very distressed by this mistake, so he immediately called Comrade Jiang to apologize. He refused to answer the phone at that time, so I apologized publicly many times. "
It is worth mentioning that Clinton successfully spoke to Comrade Jiang a week after the incident.
Clinton said: "Comrade Jiang responded that he knew I would not intentionally attack the embassy, but he believed that some people in the Ministry of Defense and the CIA did not support my pro-China position. These people may deliberately tamper with those maps, causing us to rub against each other. It is hard for him to believe that an advanced country like the United States would make such a mistake. This incident is also hard for me to believe, but it is the truth. "
Nowadays, it seems that we implemented this strategic policy at that time, which was by no means showing that we were weak and concessions, nor was we giving up the principle. Instead, considering the complex international situation we face, we should not attack from all sides and make enemies everywhere, and at the same time adhere to our principled position and the spirit of independence, self-reliance and hard work.
Only development is the hard truth, what we lack is time.
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Challenges one after another.
On April 1, 2001, an EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft of the US Navy illegally reconnaissed over the China Exclusive Economic Zone 110 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island in China. The pilot of the Chinese Navy Air Force Wang Wei flew the J-8 II fighter number 81192 to perform normal surveillance missions. Who expected that the US plane suddenly rushed towards Wang Wei's fighter plane, and the propeller hit the tail of Wang Wei's fighter plane, causing it to crash in the South China Sea . After
hit Chinese fighter planes, the US reconnaissance plane entered Chinese airspace without permission without China's permission and descended. Landed on military airport in Hainan.
3 days later, China announced that Wang Wei was only 33 years old. Comrade Jiang said, we cannot understand why the United States often conducts reconnaissance flights so close to China. After colliding with our plane, it violated international law and international practices, violated our airspace, and landed at my airport. . The United States should stop such flights in China's coastal airspace, so as to prevent similar incidents from happening again and be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations.
After the Sino-US collision incident, how to deal with this matter has become the focus of international attention.
Because if the stalemate is long, Sino-US relations will inevitably fall into tension, which is extremely unfavorable for the development of Sino-US relations.
At that time, China had three plans: "don't let the man and machine go", "don't let the man and machine go at the same time", and "release the man and machine first and then put the machine".
html On April 2, my country made the decision to "release the man and then put the machine first". This decision was mainly made because: First, if 24 Americans were detained in China for too long, it would arouse strong disgust among the American people; Second, the United States' Easter (April 20th) is coming, which is a very important festival in the United States. If the US crew cannot reunite with their families by then, it will also cause the American people to be disgusted with our country.is like this. After a series of diplomatic actions, on April 11, the US Ambassador to China Pulihe submitted an apology letter to the then Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. In the early morning of April 12, the US aircraft carried 24 American pilots back home.
html On the evening of July 3, the US military reconnaissance aircraft was dismantled and transported from China, and the collision incident was perfectly resolved.To a certain extent, the South China Sea collision incident once again reflects the importance of national defense modernization. However, in 2001, domestic aircraft carriers were still the dream of many people.
Take the J-8 II fighter jet driven by Martyr Wang Wei for example. This is already the most advanced model of the domestically produced fighter . However, compared with a series of third-generation fighters such as the US-made F-14/15/16, it has a significant performance gap in terms of advanced air-launched fire control radar and advanced medium-range air-to-air missile . After the
South China Sea collision incident, a large number of large-scale defense projects that were shelved and delayed were launched. Since then, the Chinese Navy has gradually entered the era of "dumpling dumplings".
On April 29, 2003, my country's first 052C missile destroyer was launched;
On August 28, 2012, the first 052D destroyer, , was launched, which is the backbone of our shield ship;
On September 25 of the same year, my country's first aircraft carrier, , Liaoning ship, was included. Since then, the Chinese Navy has entered the aircraft carrier era.
Immediately afterwards, on April 26, 2017, my country's first domestically built aircraft carrier, Shandong ship was launched.
On September 25, 2019, the first amphibious assault ship of the Chinese Navy, 075, was launched, making up for the shortcomings of our amphibious combat . Behind these beautiful transcripts of
is the huge progress of national defense power. Nowadays, our "Dongfeng Express" has made our opponents very afraid. We have entered the "dual aircraft carrier era" and the "20 era" of aviation equipment. The installation of a series of advanced weapons and equipment gives us more confidence.
Review of the above three major events fully proves that the principles we adhere to in dealing with relations with the United States are rational, that is, keep a low profile while adhering to our own principles.
It can be said that Comrade Jiang's life has almost run through the 80 years of stormy years in Chinese history. He has experienced war, poverty, revolution, economic reform, national transformation and the re-rise of China.
With his strong perseverance, he helped China transition to a stable, confident and prosperous society and rise rapidly in the new world order. He used his superhuman wisdom and lofty pattern to win opportunities and time for development for China, and was a great man of the times.
Jiang Gong, immortal!
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